Volume 2: Living with Ghosts Chapter 016 Conversation
Chen Ping deliberately emphasized the following words. After listening to Chen Ping's explanation, Zhang Feng finally came to his senses, but his expression turned extremely bad.
The other people's faces were not much better. Ever since Wang Lin told them about the mission, their faces had been gloomy. Everyone realized the difficulty of this mission. Of course, there was one thing that concerned them, which was the supplementary mission mentioned in the prompt. Perhaps this was the biggest variable in this mission.
Seeing that everyone's faces were too ugly, Chen Ping, who was better than everyone else, said to everyone at this time: "In fact, there is no need to worry too much. Although the prompt of this mission looks a little weird. But according to our previous experience, even if the difficulty of a mission increases in one aspect, it will definitely reduce the previous difficulty in other difficult aspects to achieve a balance of the mission. And this mission only has 8 points of life points as a reward, so the difficulty is not expected to be too high. Perhaps the supplementary mission we are worried about is something that the mission has specially made to balance the difficulty this time. It can be said that it is half good and half bad."
As soon as Chen Ping finished speaking, Zhang Fengyu, who had not interrupted and asked Chen Ping: "Why do we have to separate men and women for this mission? I feel that this arrangement is related to the supplementary tasks, or it is reminding us that the supplementary tasks for the male and female groups will be different."
Zhang Fengyu's slightly abrupt words startled everyone present. Obviously, for a newcomer, being able to remain calm at this time and still make some reasonable analysis was such a shocking thing.
In short, the current Zhang Fengyu made these old people feel a little surprised.
It was not until Zhang Fengyu started to speak that everyone realized that he had regained his composure and gave people a sense of fortitude. Apart from other things, Zhang Fengyu's ability to endure and his psychological quality were incomparable to ordinary people. Subconsciously, everyone looked up to Zhang Fengyu.
Everyone withdrew their gaze from Zhang Fengyu and thought about what Zhang Fengyu had just said. After thinking carefully, everyone suddenly realized that this possibility was actually very high, which really surprised them again.
Chen Ping and Wang Lin looked at each other at this time, and they both saw a hint of surprise in each other's eyes. Obviously, this surprise was brought to them by the newcomer Zhang Fengyu. Wang Lin immediately showed a gratified smile on his face. Looking at the somewhat flustered Zhang Fengyu beside him, he said to him in admiration: "Your analysis is very likely to be true. After all, if the task is to force us into two groups to perform the task simply to restrict us from collecting clues, then there is no need to make such a fuss. Just indicate in the prompt that we are not allowed to communicate, and there is no need to separate us. So it seems that the purpose of the task to force us to separate is very likely as you analyzed, the supplementary tasks of our male and female groups are completely different."
The fact that Zhang Fengyu could think of these things as a newcomer undoubtedly gave Wang Lin and others a surprise. After all, the higher the newcomer's psychological quality and the more outstanding his analytical mind, the greater the possibility that he will become the backbone of the team in the future.
Li Xuan and Chen Ping also focused their eyes on Zhang Fengyu, but their faces still didn't show much expression. They just glanced at him and looked away. Only Wang Lin smiled and patted Zhang Fengyu's shoulders, praising him repeatedly, saying, "You can regain your composure so quickly and think of these things. Fengyu, I believe that in the future, you will be as outstanding as Xiaoping and Li Xuan."
Zhang Fengyu was sincerely grateful to Wang Lin for always encouraging him. Although he couldn't laugh at all at the moment, he still forced a smile as a return for Wang Lin's encouragement.
He calmed down so quickly mainly because he thought of his parents. The guilt he felt towards them caused him to have a strong desire to return to the real world. It was because of this strong emotion that Zhang Fengyu broke through the fear that was squeezing his heart and strengthened his will to survive.
Seeing the same performance from Zhang Fengyu, everyone gradually let go of their resistance to him. After all, everyone can gain access to Zhang Fengyu's potential.
Yun Yun, who was sitting inside, had a vague look in her eyes, and her lower lip was bitten until it turned purple. Thinking back to the rule in the reminder, Yun Yun's originally sweet face became a little distorted. She clenched her fists tightly, glanced at Chen Ping and Wang Lin on the side, and then she asked in a low voice: "That... the sexual intercourse in the reminder, if we don't do it, will it be considered a violation of the rules?"
After Yun Yun asked this, everyone instantly remembered that there was such a rule in this reminder. Everyone's mood, which had just calmed down, became chaotic again. Li Xuan looked at Yun Yun and replied with a worried look on his face: "Xiao Yun, don't think too much for now. We will consider the task during the task, but I want to remind you that the rules clearly stated in the reminder must not be violated!"
Although Li Xuan said it very calmly and seemed to be indifferent, she was actually unwilling in her heart. Any decent woman would not be willing to have a relationship with a man who had no feelings for her and might even be a ghost in disguise, or even live with him...
But this is a clear rule in the prompt. No matter how unwilling they are, how scared and tormented they are, they have no choice but to bear it all. If they don't follow the rules of the prompt, then the only fate that awaits them is to be directly eliminated by the mission.
Everyone present knew clearly in their hearts what was more important. If it was just a simple sexual act, they could still agree to it, as the ghost was hiding in it. But if the one having sex with them was a ghost, then... just thinking of this made their scalps tingle and a chill run down their spines.
Zhang Fengyu had already deeply felt how cruel and tormented this curse was just from the prompt of this mission.
"Can I really survive here?" Zhang Fengyu kept asking himself in his heart.
Seeing that no one expressed any new opinions, Wang Lin then sent everyone back to the house. This practice was also a rule set by Wang Lin, the executive team leader. Every time a new task was released, everyone would gather together to analyze and discuss some key points of the new task, so as to try to find a solution before the task started.
It seems that the reminder of the new mission can let the captain know in advance, which does not have any benefit. But in fact, they have successfully passed several missions by relying on this.
After all, the essence of completing a mission, to put it bluntly, is to analyze the prompts thoroughly. When they are not on a mission, without the interference of ghosts, they can analyze calmly, so in the past, their analysis of missions was completed in the base.
But this time was a little special, because of the appearance of the supplementary task, the variables of the analysis increased greatly. Even if they analyzed it thoroughly, it might be affected by the supplementary task and become a bubble. That was why Wang Lin sent everyone back. After all, there was no point in discussing it any further.
By observing the performance of several people, Zhang Fengyu found that among the crowd, the bespectacled man Chen Ping should be like a military advisor, and from Zhang Feng's fear of Li Xuan, it is not difficult to see that Li Xuan's weight is also very sufficient, which Wang Lin just mentioned. As for Zhang Feng and Yun Yun, the two of them seem to be just minor characters, far inferior to Wang Lin and the other three.
When returning to the room, Zhang Fengyu walked a little slowly, so he accidentally saw Chen Ping and Li Xuan enter Wang Lin's room one after another. This scene further confirmed his previous guess, but Zhang Fengyu didn't take this kind of thing too seriously. He just wanted to know a little about the relationship between these people.
Back in the room, Zhang Fengyu didn't think about anything. He took a cold shower and went to bed to rest. He wanted to face the upcoming new mission in the best condition. In his opinion, being able to adapt to the situation during the mission was far better than the rigid analysis in the death base.
At the same time in Wang Lin’s room.
Wang Lin looked serious and said in a low voice to Li Xuan and the other person sitting opposite him: "From the performance of the newcomer Zhang Fengyu today, I think his psychological quality and analytical ability are very good. I think he should be qualified to know more things, and I think he should be able to bear more things."
After hearing Wang Lin's proposal, Chen Ping frowned slightly, shook his head and replied: "Captain, he is just a rookie. We don't know if he can make it through this mission. Even if you tell him everything, it will be useless if he doesn't survive this mission. I advise you not to waste your breath and observe a few missions first."
Li Xuan also agreed at this time, "I also don't agree to tell him too many things so early. After all, telling him too much will not do him any good. He should be considered a newcomer with potential. After a few missions, he may be able to share some of our worries."
Seeing that both of them raised objections, Wang Lin finally gave up and sighed heavily. Wang Lin continued to say to the two of them: "After this mission, I plan to leave the team, so I decided to let you take over the position of captain!"
Wang Lin's eyes were directed at Li Xuan, but after hearing Wang Lin's decision, Chen Ping's face remained normal, as if he didn't care about the captain's fate.
When she heard that Wang Lin wanted to give her the captaincy, Li Xuan's instinctive reaction was to refuse, because she really didn't like the so-called captain title at all. However, thinking of Chen Ping's cold personality, Li Xuan didn't want Chen Ping to be the captain. After hesitating for a while, Li Xuan finally nodded to Wang Lin and accepted Wang Lin's appointment.
Seeing Li Xuan nod in tacit agreement, Wang Lin heaved a sigh of relief. No one except him knew what the captain position was for, and he had never mentioned it to anyone. He only said that as a captain, he could only know the prompts of new tasks in advance, but he didn't know the various powers hidden under the captain's position. It was precisely because of the captain's power that Wang Lin chose Li Xuan instead of Chen Ping. In Wang Lin's heart, Li Xuan was more suitable for the identity of captain. Or maybe it was because Chen Ping was difficult to figure out.
What exactly is Chen Ping’s goal?
Only Chen Ping himself knew this. If Wang Lin and Li Xuan knew that Chen Ping had found a way to enter the curse and had taken the initiative to enter it, it would be difficult for Wang Lin and Li Xuan to talk to Chen Ping calmly like this.
But this kind of thing is destined not to be known by outsiders, because it belongs to Chen Ping. Chen Ping has no habit of telling stories to outsiders. Even if his story is very important, he will keep it to himself. He is such a person.
Time was slowly moving forward, and in the blink of an eye, another three days had passed. No matter how reluctant everyone was, the new mission was still started on time. Zhang Fengyu had not asked before how long the interval between each mission was. But looking at the current situation, it was not difficult to judge that the interval between missions should be eight days, but whether the deadline was fixed or not, Zhang Fengyu was not sure. He did not ask Wang Lin either, because he did not want to know at all!
“Boom——!”
With a deafening roar, Zhang Fengyu's body shook violently. Looking at the other side of the car window, he saw a big door appear. Then a heavy voice resounded in his mind, starting his first official journey of terror.
The sound of these words echoed in his mind, like a thunder, constantly booming in his head: "We have arrived at the station, Women's Village, male executors get off the bus, this mission begins!"
“Bang!”
The car door made a loud noise and was opened automatically. The scene of the outside world had now entered the sight of Zhang Fengyu and the others through the open door.
Outside the train, there was blue sky and white clouds, everything was the same as the world he was in before, but the difference was that this world was full of terrifying evil spirits!
"Xiao Yun, Li Xuan, you two be careful, we're going down first."
After Wang Lin gave the two girls a warning, he was the first to get off the train, while Zhang Feng looked reluctant and gave Yun Yun a lot of instructions before reluctantly leaving. As for the man with glasses, Chen Ping ignored everyone and didn't even look at Li Xuan and Yun Yun, and walked out directly.
The last one to be left behind was Zhang Fengyu. He was very nervous at the moment. He stared blankly outside for a while before he gritted his teeth and walked out with trembling legs. But when his feet touched the ground, his legs stopped trembling.
After these days of rest, although Zhang Fengyu still had some shadows in his heart, he was no longer as scared as when the mission was issued. With the determination and hope to survive, Zhang Fengyu raised his head and looked at the blue sky above and the white clouds that kept moving in the sky.
Just as Zhang Fengyu was immersed in his yearning for freedom, that voice rang in his mind again: "Supplementary tips are being released now!!!"
